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April 22, 2020

REVIEW: The Threefold Tie by Aster Glenn Gray

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1870s / Artist / bisexual characters / Civil-War / friends-to-lovers / historical romance / m/m/f / marriage / newspaper editor / polyamory7 Comments

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Dear Aster Glenn Gray, I think I have fallen in love with your voice. Your writing is, as our sometime commenter Cleo has said, deceptively simple. I start out each of your works thinking it will be uncomplicated, but as I keep reading I realize that there are layers there, ... more >

February 19, 2020

JOINT REVIEW: Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas

JanineA- Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Reads1870s / classic books / engineer / England / historical romance / joint review / London / magnate / reading / urchin8 Comments

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Janine: As a lot of people probably already know (because I couldn’t stop talking about it), I’m a huge fan of Devil’s Daughter, the previous book in Lisa Kleypas’s Ravenels series. So I was thrilled to get an ARC of Chasing Cassandra, the sixth and final book in the series. ... more >

January 30, 2020

JOINT REVIEW: Once a Fallen Lady by Eve Pendle

JanineBook Reviews / C Reviews / C- Reviews1870s / country-set / England / historical romance / illegitimate-child / joint review / ruin / single mother / teacher2 Comments

Because it sounded interesting to both of us, Jayne and I decided to review Eve Pendle’s new long novella / short novel, Once a Fallen Lady, together. — Janine Trigger warning: Content warning: Janine: Although I had some caveats about it, I enjoyed Eve Pendle’s novel, Falling for a Rake. ... more >

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December 27, 2019

Janine’s Best of 2019

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#metoo / #ownvoices / 1870s / 1920s / 1970s / accountant / Agent/Spies/Undercover / arranged-marriage / Asian heroine / Asperger's / audiobook / book editor / California / class differences / Contemporary / custody battle / dragons / enemies to lovers / epistolary / f/f / Fairyland / fake relationship / family / Fantasy / farming / friends-to-lovers / gods / heroine in disguise / high-school / historical romance / Hong Kong based world / illegitimate-child / LGBTQIA / Literary fiction / London / look alikes / mafia / magical powers / Malaysia / martial arts / Mexico / nobleman / Northern Ireland / nurse / POC / POC author / political intrigue / quest / Reading lists / reformed hero / Regency-based world / romantic-elements / roommates / saga / single dad / streetwise heroine / Time-Travel / Vietnam / waitress / war19 Comments

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I was tempted to make a list of my favorites among the 2019-published books I read this year. In the end I decided to focus on my favorite 2019 reads (first time reads; I didn’t include books I had read / reviewed in prior years) without regard to their year ... more >

November 13, 2019

REVIEW: Falling for a Rake by Eve Pendle

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews1870s / botany / fake relationship / historical romance / politics / propriety / rake / reformed hero / ruin / Scandal / Victorian12 Comments

Dear Eve Pendle, I decided to try Falling for a Rake, your 1870s-set historical romance, after hearing great things about it from an acquaintance whose recommendations I trust. Lady Emily Ravensthorpe is a fern collector. It is the perfect hobby for a young lady, and Emily is committed to maintaining ... more >

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